Cold War Hot Houses: Inventing Postwar Culture from Cockpit to Playboy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1568983026 ISBN 13: 9781568983028

Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press, 2004

Synopsis

Generation Y takes a critical look at the Baby Boomers in this veritable encyclopedia of Cold War invention. Cold War Hot Houses strips away the nostalgic haze surrounding the 1950s and 1960s to critically reappraise the importance of everything from the model home, the drive-in movie, the interstate highway, the suburban lawn, the bomb shelter, the TV, and the king size bed. It takes the seemingly quirky features of the postwar life style and shows how they are intimately connected to the economic, political and psychological forces of the period. Written by smart young group of scholars, groomed in their methods and introduced to us by a proven innovator in architectural thinking. Great visuals will amuse and delight the reader

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About the Author

Beatriz Colomina is Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. The 14 essayists all participated in of three graduate seminars she conducted at Princeton and at MIT that investigated the Cold War period.

Edition details

• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568983026
• ISBN 13: 9781568983028
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 287
• Editor: Colomina Beatriz, Kim Jeannie, AnnMarie Brennan